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Interlaken council holds hearing on proposed water-rate hike and $30K30to $40K system study; no vote taken
Summary
The Interlaken Town Council held a public hearing on Nov. 6 on a proposed amendment to the FY2025 budget that would phase in a 42% base water-rate increase (effective 21% in the current fiscal year) to fund reserves and a $30,00030to $40,000 water-system study after two recent line breaks cost roughly $93,000. Council members signaled support for the study; a formal vote is scheduled at the next meeting.
The Interlaken Town Council on Nov. 6 heard public comment and council discussion on a proposed amendment to the town's Fiscal Year 2025 budget that would raise base water rates and pay for an engineering study of the municipal water system.
Bart, the town's presenter on the item, said the town suffered two water-line failures on Saint Moritz on Sept. 8 and Sept. 15, causing roughly 24-hour outages and leading to repairs and replacement that totaled "about $93,000." He showed photos of the breaks and described visible external corrosion on the ductile pipe. Bart said town staff consulted the engineering firm Jones and Demille, which recommended a system-wide hydraulic model, soil chemistry testing and a GIS survey to identify corrosion risk and prioritize replacements; Bart gave a ballpark estimate of $30,000 to $40,000 for that work.
"We had 2 water line breaks on September 8 and the fifteenth on Saint Moritz," Bart said during the presentation. "The total cost of that project was 87,000 for the replacements, about 7,000 for the initial repairs. So the total of this thing was…
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